Assets from PlasRecycle’s plastic film reprocessing plant will be auctioned off after administrators failed to secure a buyer despite ‘strong interest’.

The Recycling Association has launched a campaign to improve the quality of recycled materials after warning that more major consumers of recycled material will look elsewhere for their supplies if UK collectors and processors do not address the issue of quality in their exported product.

More than £9 billion could be added to the UK economy through the integration of circular economy principles into industrial strategy, says waste management company SUEZ.

The resources industry has welcomed the publication of a plan to introduce more consistent recycling across England in an attempt to increase participation and decrease contamination of kerbside recycling services.

Every home in England could be able to recycle the same materials from 2025 as the government and waste industry seek to address confusion, contamination and stagnating recycling rates.

Waste Minister Therese Coffey says that the government’s environmental policy following Brexit will be “focused on outcomes” and that certain elements of the Circular Economy Package could end in “perverse” results.

An interview with Chris Hanlon, Commercial Manager of Biffa Polymers, looking at the current state of the plastics market

A project to help smaller businesses to enter the circular economy and develop more sustainable and profitable business operations has kicked off in Wales.

What could the future of resource use might look like if everything we saw could be enhanced with layers of digital information?

No longer the stuff of science fiction or Pixar films, robots are starting to make inroads into the world of recycling.